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Where does the lesser spotted eagle live?

Aquila pomarina has 175,793 records in 92 countries and territories, from 1827 to 2026. Most records come from Georgia.

lesser spotted eagle
lesser spotted eagle — Wolbrum avner / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesAccipitriformesAccipitridaeAquila

When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Georgia 24,750
Israel 16,890
Zimbabwe 12,943
Türkiye 11,510
Zambia 10,332
Botswana 8,982
Poland 7,139
Sweden 6,268
Tanzania 6,233
South Africa 6,183
Ukraine 5,188
Bulgaria 4,677
Sudan 4,535
Egypt 3,982
Uganda 3,595
Mozambique 3,379
Belarus 3,314
Russia 3,121
Romania 3,073
DR Congo 3,061
Ethiopia 2,253
Denmark 1,957
Lithuania 1,910
Greece 1,838
Namibia 1,753
Malawi 1,704
Latvia 1,616
Lebanon 1,041
Palestine 1,031
Estonia 849
Iran 833
Kenya 794
Slovakia 785
Netherlands 672
Syria 669
South Sudan 654
France 629
Moldova 533
Germany 503
Hungary 502

Showing the top 40 of 92 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.